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ELECTRONIC ARTS Burnout: Revenge ( Xbox 360 )

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Burnout Revenge

Very fun game, like most of the Burnout series.

Pros:
- they removed the ANNOYINGLY loud gear shift noise from the last game
- graphically gorgeous. All the little sparks are so wonderful.
- it's fun to destroy. This isn't real life. You get to do things you wish you could to idiots in traffic. healthy outlet for road rage.
- slow-mo (aftertouch) to guide your crash into other cars if you can has returned from Takedown.
- priced right
- The bit where you just drive into traffic to cause as much insurance cost damage as possible is probably one of the funniest things you'll ever see in a video game. Who hates the insurance industry? I DO! I can do these over and over and over again and it's still fun to do. I love that so many of the autos on these levels happen to be fuel tanker trucks. Pretty funny. They should add some nuclear waste, hazmat vehicles...how about liquid nitrogen or nitroglycerin tankers blowing up sky high a hundred feet into the air. Now that would something.
- Arguably the best game EA has to offer. Most EA games excel in mediocrity. This is both beautiful and fun.

CONS:
- re-mix electronica track of the Doors - Break on Through to the Other Side. What the hell were they thinking?
- if someone bumps you, then a few seconds later you drive into a wall because you turned wrong, they get credited with a takedown, even though it was really you taking yourself down.
- many circuits are more city-oriented and more contained so when you do a takedown, the other guy just crashes rather uninterestingly into a wall. Prior versions of this game had them shooting way up into the air maybe off a cliff or something. Much more fun.
- low angle view of car only. Many other games give you multiple view options.
- they new "revenge" gimmick element adds little to actual gameplay (offline). You takedown the same car that took you down last. So what. You'd be trying to take them or anyone else you can down anyway.

All-in-all as fun as it ever was. Look for Burnout 5 with a more open-road style of gameplay on 360 late 2007.